I grew up around some people whose parents toured a lot: tough on the marriage, tough on the kids.
John DarnielleThere are so many ways to respond to music besides feeling like someone's communicating with you. It gives me a charge.
John DarnielleI consider myself a lyricist first and foremost, but if you get something else out of what I do, that's fine too. I'm not sitting back here telling people how they have to take my stuff. We just want to play music, and hope that people like it.
John Darnielle